Luke Graham reviews Ricky Gervais’ comedy drama Derek, which aired last on Channel 4… The pilot for Ricky Gervais’ new show debuted last night. It was certainly an intriguing beast, judging from the responses on Twitter. Some were very negative, seemingly enraged that it wasn’t “funny enough,” to the more positive, appreciating it for its […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Good Will Hunting, 1997. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck and Stellan Skarsgård. Good Will Hunting is the story of 20-year-old South Boston reprobate and trouble maker Will (Damon), […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, 1993. Directed by Stuart Gillard. Starring Mark Caso, Brian Tochi, Jim Raposa, Corey Feldman, Matt Hill, Tim Kelleher, Robbie Rist, David Fraser, Stuart Wilson and Elias Koteas. SYNOPSIS: The teenage mutant ninja turtles travel back in time to ancient Japan and embark on an adventure. I owned Teenage Mutant Ninja […]

Le Havre, 2011. Written and Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Blondin Miguel. SYNOPSIS: In the quiet city of Le Havre, optimistic old man Marcel and his misfit friends unite to protect young African immigrant Idrissa from deportation. The sleepy Normandy city of the title is the backdrop to […]

Luke Owen on last night’s episode of The Apprentice 2012… We’re a quarter of a way through the series and so far we’ve learned that shouting gets you nowhere, bullying punters gets you nowhere and people will buy any old tat so long as it has a Union Jack on it. But by the end […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Harry Brown, 2009. Directed by Daniel Barber. Starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Ben Drew, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Jack O’Connell and Liam Cunningham. Harry Brown is the directorial debut of Daniel Barber and sees Michael Caine as the aging […]

Simon Moore reviews the fourth episode of the Napoleon Dynamite animated series… The Daily Planet had Lois Lane. Channel 6 News had April O’Neil. Now the Preston Bugle (Blowing Since 1998) has Deb Bradshaw. You know, that girl who wears home-made clothes and hangs around with the gangly one and the only kid in school […]

Battleship, 2012. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano and Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: A fleet of ships battle an armada of extra-terrestrial origins. The new film based on a property from the toy company Hasbro, this time the board-game Battleship, has finally been released and, well, it’s something […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Departed, 2006. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson and Alec Baldwin. The Departed is a crime thriller based on the Hong Kong film […]

Joss Whedon has pretty much built his career around strong female characters (see Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Dollhouse et al) and now – as he prepares to turn his attention to The Avengers’ Black Widow – the director has given USA Today (via Vulture) a detailed account of how he thinks a showdown between […]